Towel-rack



(No Model.) T; AXTELL;

TOWEL RACK.

No. 519,490 Patented May 8,1894.

WITNESSES:

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rack which plate I form of Russia iron or other suitable sheetmetal as may be desired.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

t SPENCER T. AXTELL, OF oswEeo, 'NEW ORK.

TOWEL-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,490, dated May 8, 1894.

' Application filed December 26, 1893. Serial No. 494.687. (No model.) a

To aZZ whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, SPENCER T. AXTELL, of

Oswego, in the county of Oswego, in the State following, taken in connection'with the accom-.

panying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. a

This invention relates to the class of towel racks which have their arms mounted to their supports in such a manner as to allow said arms to be sustained either in a horizontal operative position for carrying towelsor analogous articles, or to be placed in a vertical position to be out of the way when not in use. And the invention consists in an improved construction and combination of the component parts of a towel rack which is simple and inexpensive in its manufacture, adapted to be applied to stove-pipes of different diameters, and very convenient and efficient in its operation, all as hereinafter more fully described and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings Figures 1 andq2 are respectively front and side views of my improved towel rack attached to a stove-pipe with the adjustable bars of the rack disposed in diflerent positions. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are enlarged transverse sections on lines -X= X*Y--Y- and -Z-a-Z- respectively. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the attaching hoop is formed, and Fig.7 is a plan View of the blank from which the adjustable coupling ear of the hoop is formed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a denotes the supporting plateof the of the plate near the vertical edges thereof the vertical slots d-d-. The plate -a,+'

may thus be completed at one operation of the press equipped with the aforesaid dies.

-b-bbare the main bars for supporting towels or other articles. Each of these barsI form with a supplemental bar -b'- preferably shorter than the main bar -b and extending at right angles therefrom and preferably bent hook-shaped; This main and supplemental bar. I form in one piece of stout wire rod bent at right angles at'the junction of the said two bars, at which point I perforate the wire rod transversely, and insert it between one of the pairs of cars and pivot it thereto by a wire f'passing through the ears and perforation of the rod.

To reduce the cost of manufacture and at the same time brace the ears -eee.-, I employ a single wire fof sufficient length to pass through all the ears, and bars inserted between them as aforesaid. The ends of said wireI bend so as to. prevent its withdrawal.-

The bars are thus pivoted to swing with their free ends in vertical planes and adjustable to carry either the main bars -b or the sup plemental bars b'.- in horizontal positions as shown. bars -b'- on the lower portion of the plate -a supports the main bars bin horizontal position for hanging towels or other articles thereon, and when the shorter or" hook shapedsupplemental bar +b' is preferred for hanging articles thereon, the main bar -'b is swung up and insertedbetween one of the pairs of clasps c'-, which retains The bearing of the supplemental Son it in a vertical position and thus supports the supplemental bar Z)- in a horizontal position.

h represents a metallic'hoop by'which the plate a-- is fastened to a stove-pipe designated by letter -P- in the drawings.

This hoop extends across the front of the plate 7 a tongue -0'- which passes through one of a plurality of slots =ZZ-- in different parts of the length of the hoop, the free end portion of the tongue being bent back closely against the inner side of the hoop to retain the ear in position.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In combination with the plate *a provided with perforated ears eeand clasps -c-c, the main bars -b.-b formed with shorter hook shaped supplemental bars -b'-b'-- extending at right angles therefrom and perforated at the junction of the main bars and supplemental bars and inserted thereat between the ears, and the wire -fpassing through the perforations of the ears and bars, each of said main and supplemental bars forming two arms placed interchangeably in position for sus' pending articles therefrom as set forth.

ears of said hoop being perforated for the reception of the bolt by which the'hoop is fastened to the stove'pipe as set forth.

Intestimony whereofIhavehereuntosigned my name this 4th day of December, 1893.

SPENCER T. AXTELL. [L. 3.]

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. DAVIS, THOMAS MOORE. 

